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Beyond Blood: How Being a Foster Brother Shattered My World and Rebuilt It
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General ParentingPregnancy & Adoption
Publisher Price: $16.99
ISBN13: 9781962202893
Publisher: Ballast Books
Published: Nov 19 2024
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.09 Depth: 8.97
Language: English
When five-year-old Ben's family decided to become a registered foster home, they knew it would be a tough but rewarding road ahead of them. What they may not have fully anticipated was the judgment coming at them from so many directions. Ben and his younger sister and parents were the picture of a biological nuclear family. Many in their circle insisted that bringing foster children into Ben and Annabelle's lives would significantly harm their childhood. But these assumptions, which followed the family throughout their journey, couldn't have been further from the truth.
Crafting a soul-stirring mosaic of darkness and light, crushing pain and unrelenting hope, Beyond Blood captures all the pieces--from the jagged and ugly to the soft and pretty--that make up humanity. Ultimately, it's a life-giving, restorative, healing book that will prompt you to consider making a radical change to put others first. You may think you're average, but you are capable of extraordinary things if you open your heart to those in need. And that's what Beyond Blood is all about.
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